Wire-fence-winding device



(No Model.)

I. V ADAIR. WIRE FENCE WINDING DEVICE.

No. 519,103. Patented May 1, 1894.

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WlRE-FENCE-WINDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,103, dated May 1,1894. Application filed November 7, 1893. Serial No. 490,248. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC V. ADAIR, a citizen of the United States,residing at MacDongalls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Fence-Weaving Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a fence weaving apparatus, adapted for use inattaching barbed or smooth wire stays to the parallel strands of a wirefence, and it contemplates the provision of a simple, inexpensive andefficient device of portable size and shape which may be operatedconveniently and quickly without the aid of auxiliary tools orappliances.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularlypointed out in the claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatusembodying my invention, shown in operative position in connection with afence. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same. v

- Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawlngs. V

1 designates a frame, preferably rectangular in form, comprising aJ-shaped bar, 2, the arms of which are connected by a trans-- verse bar,3, and the intermediate portion of which is rounded to form a handle 4..The

arms of the U-shaped bar are extended be:

yond the connecting bar, 8, and terminate, respectively, in a roundedyoke, 5, adapted to fit over and bear upon a fence-wire, and a hook, 6,which is adapted to engage the same wire and prevent that end of theframe to which it is connected from being drawn away from the wire, aswill be hereinafter particularly explained.

Secured to the connecting-bar, 3, is a stirrup, 7, between the parallelarms of which is rotatably mounted a spool, 8, to hold the wire, 9, forforming the stays; said wire extending through a guide, 10, in one armof the U- shaped bar adjacent to the yoke 5. Said guide consists of aperforation formed in the arm of .the bar 2, substantially in thehoriclaimzontal plane of the under or inner side of the In Fig. 1 I haveshown the device applied to a fence, as seen when weaving the stays, andreferring thereto, 11 indicates the horizontal fence wire or strandswith which the yoke 5 and hook 6 are engaged to mount the weaver,rotatably, upon the fence; and 12 represents the stay after beingsecured in position and coiled at each intersection around thefence-wires.

After applying the device to a Wire, as indicated, the extremity of thewire, 9, is held in contact with the fence-wire and the frame is rotatedto coil or twist the former around thelatter. The tension produced bydrawing the wire through the guide, which causes a right-angle bend ofsaid wire, prevents the wire from feeding more rapidly than is desired,and at the same time holds the front end of the apparatus, or that endadjacent to the coil and having the yoke 5, in engage-c ment with thefence wire, the tendency of the other or rear end of the frame to riseor draw away from the fence-wire being resisted by the hook 6. After thefirst twist has been formed, to secure the end of the stay-wire, thedevice is disengaged from the fence-wire and attached, in like manner,to the next lower or upper fence-wire, and the operation continued asbefore.

Being simple in construction the twister is not liable to need repair.

The guide perforation is flared toward the spool to enable a barbed wireto pass therethrough with facility.

The above-described arrangement of the wire-guide in the plane of thatside of the spool from which the wire extends allows the wire to feedfreely and without binding in the guide.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I

In a device of the class described,'the combination of a frame havingparallel arms, one verse to the line of the fence wire or runner, 1c ofwhich is provided with a wire-guide and substantially as specified.

terminates in a yoke 5, which is adapted to In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as straddle a fence wire or runner, and the other my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in of which terminates in a hook 6,which is the presence of two witnesses.

adapted to engage under said fence wire or ISAAC V. ADAIR. runner toresist an outward pull upon that Witnesses:

end of the frame, and aspooi jonrnaled with- MORRIS R. BROWN,

in the frame with its axis arranged trans- IDA BELLE AMBROSE.

